RE: [MLUG] good intro to programming for a teenager?

["Pottinger, Hardy J." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Send him to 
> 'telnet lambda.moo.mud.org 8888' and have him get a character 
> and start learning the system. It'll give him a chance to 
> learn the basics of object oriented coding while letting him 
> socialize a bit. There is nothing like having other people 
> interact with you and your code in a game even if it is text 
> based. 

You know, this is *exactly* how I groked OO the first time. I was even
going to suggest it, but, then, I remembered some of the "socializing"
that went on at lamba.moo... ;-)

But, finding a teen-friendly MOO probably isn't that difficult. It's
also easy to set up your own MOO.

--Hardy

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